The most important things I’ve learned were taught to me from what can only be described as failure.
Read MoreWhen I reach the end of a sentence and don’t know what should come next, I must be willing to sit comfortably with the feeling of what should follow without yet knowing what it will be.
Read MoreHow resourceful the imagination is, and how undaunted by something as trivial as factual truth.
Read MoreAll the chords in the world won’t put a song in your heart, and all the nifty writing craft won’t give you a story.
Read MoreIf a cat knows anything, it’s how to be relaxed and focus on the present moment, the very place where all writing occurs.
Read MoreI cannot put myself in some prison, believing the only way out is through success.
Read MoreBelieving someone has more than me is like starving myself so that I will want to eat. I
Read MoreThe men and women who told me stories were no longer the wizards I once perceived them to be.
Read MoreThe story was never yours to keep because it was never wholly yours to begin with.
Read MoreAll my knowledge is useless if I believe my efforts will be for naught.
Read MoreAll the praise in the world is not going to heal you, and all the criticism isn’t going to hurt you.
Read MoreMost thinking is useless. It’s circular, repetitive, worrisome, or argumentative.
Read MoreI simply can’t be wrong when I like something.
Read MoreEveryone thinks they want to be loved, but they don’t.
Read MoreI keep thinking it won’t hurt so much this time.
Read MoreI was reminding myself what I truly cared about.
Read MoreThe worst agony I have experienced came when I believed I must know something it was impossible for me to know
Read MoreEvery time we make a choice from fearlessness, we feel strong and balanced.
Read MoreSometimes it’s hard to finish just because you must accept you won’t have that friend of a story to spend time with anymore.
Read MoreThe storyteller reduces reality to a few manageable bits
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